Zero Gear
What if I forget how I spent my days in the US. It's just six months that I spent here...but say if I want to recollect my days in US.. after I grow old....meaning really old..when my memory chips are down and retarded...I would need this, don't you think so. Sounds piffling I know. Okay straight to the point. I already wrote something about my traveling episodes here in the US. But I wanted to write how was my flight journey to US. It was a big dipper...and i mean it. Here I go.
I should say it all started in Hyderabad on November 8, 2008. That was the first time in my life that I would be staying away from home(read parents). Did I sound like a school kid when I said that. Point is I never had to(had the need or chance) stay out for more than 45 days(once when I went to Trivandrum(ILP), second when I went to Bhopal(my first on site)). Anyway, this on site thing sounded quite exciting, just for me.Everybody else in my home is like...oh boy!..this guy is going to US..which is on other side of the globe...n for two years. They were all like, is it really required or has this guy cooked up something by himself even when there was no real good need.I answered in the affirmative (not to the cooked up story but to the former one). So I had to take a Emirates flight via Dubai(Emirates is head quartered in Dubai) to LAX(Los Angeles airport) ,a fatiguing 28 hrs air travel. But that was quite an experience.
Why?Boy..the take off it self was very arrhythmic. Everyone in the flight gave a squall. I was holding the hand of a lady who was had a bead thread and praying( has she got anything to do with this). And believe me she was wearing a kind of dress, she looked like a Jew or Farsi or she could even be a Muslim and after noticing this, i stopped breathing for while. Do not ask me. I quickly recouped, said sorry and begged for her pardon, all the while i forgot about the actual problem and i was in the air in no time. That was just only a intromission to my plight in the flight. I was just settling down, checking if all hair hostess are as per the expectations and standards set by the boys!! You know what I mean?But out of total five 2 were men(of course not air 'hostess') and 3 women. Only one of these gals happened to be really good looking. Naturally ,So the competition was tough. How can I say that? I could sense it. Saw a man cracking some empty-headed jokes with her. Never mind!! Wait for you chance!!I told myself. Nothing much happened in the flight to Dubai as it was a short duration. I just browsed through few catalogs and ad books that are usually given for free to the customers. First halt was Dubai airport.
I can say,without any second thought that Dubai is one of the busiest and biggest airports in Asia-Africa region. It could even be a school boyish comment. i do not know. What an airport it was, awe-inspiring. We had to walk for 30 minutes on a single straight strip. This was after traveling for 10 minutes in a bus with in the airport from terminal to terminal. Boarding gates kept coming ..coming...and were just coming. I saw KL and Singapore airports before and of course LA, but I guess this is much bigger than those..I mean i just guess. I am not really sure. Roughly we had around 45 minutes with us to board the flight. We were in the waiting lounge and a Bangladeshi family happened to sit beside me. They had a sweet looking boy with them. I said Hi to him. He extended his hand in reciprocation. I was thinking, oh this little kid already learned so much, how to make new friends. But he should also have learn t that, it is bad manners to put your chocolate on others hands and dress. OK he is just a KID. The kid's parents wanted to go to the restroom, both at a time, as if that was part of a pre nuptial deal they had,that they both go to the restroom at same time. So they asked me to see his boy until they come back. I said, no problem. They said are you sure. I said, relax guys I am good with kids. They gave a happy looking smile.
It all started again.The Game. The kid went to a tree tub n started pissing in the tub. Holy shit what is he doing. I went running to the kid and pulled him off. He was still pissing...now at me. What kind of a boy is he??...I quickly put his thing inside and was screaming at him for what he did. The boy started crying so loudly that entire lobby was staring at me with a strange look on their face. U know what..the parents have not returned yet. What are they doing inside..did they both go to the same toilet to have some fun or what..what the hell...I did not know what to do with this kid. Now i started saying all pleasing words in the world to him. I was wiping his eyes off water and when i was doing this he took my glasses and ran away. What the fuck, now...i started running behind the kid and i lost site of the kid as i could not really see well. I started worrying now. what should i tell the kid's parents.Oh my god..and luckily the couple is back, with his kid! My day is saved. They were asking me, "did my kid give you any trouble?". I said, do not ask me, and they left smiling. Is somebody playing a game with me today?I hope not.
I was already tired। Had to rush to board the flight to LA। I was the last to board. Traveling long distance in air is not so exciting after all(particularly for a first timer). I saw a satellite phone and thought, Emirates has so many good services, they even give free phone service. Then I read the instructions and it is a pay and use. Okay then I thought it would be a nominal charge and made a 5 minutes call to home saying that I boarded flight safely and would call them after reaching LA.But after checking the bill, it was whooping 1500 Indian rupees. Ya I know it is my mistake. I should have asked them. Anyway, just when I was thinking what to do next, saw a screen in front me, mounted to the back of the seat in the row before me.They had satellite radio and some other in house entertainment options(No they do not have massage parlors and all that. By entertainment I meant just things like movies,). I selected a movie called "Ironman" from the list. Watching that fell asleep and woke up to a loud thunder and saw people running hurriedly in the plane and few were screaming. I was thinking, if the Game has already began. I was kool because (I) thought ॥ knew somebody was playing pranks with me. But then others would not be part of it right!॥oh then I started thinking, what to do next. Then a announcement was made that nothing to panic, they have some trouble with the right wing of the plane and it is a mechanical problem and they would fix it soon. What will they fix, their ba***. Babies were crying, not knowing that even their moms were doing the same and fathers had no clue what to do next. But anyway, I had nothing to do. In fact I did not know what to do, as if I am aware of it. But then the game has stopped. The flight is back to normalcy. I guess there were secret cameras all over the plane and somebody was watching me. As I did not panic, may be they stopped messing around.
I remember a rummy incident happening with me in the flight। I had to go to restroom॥not to take rest but to wee wee and u know for the big one॥we were just crossing continents and do not know when it was day and when it was night॥so could not bear it for long। Honestly, I did not know how to use this toilet for 'that' purpose...i mean it was my first time। So was using this bathroom for little longer than expected trying to figure out how to make best and proper use of it॥u know what i mean..and in the mean while..somebody was knocking on the door...and i was like not yet finished with my thing..and when I finally stepped out, to my surprise it was a girl..just staring at me..without saying anything..just stood there like that and neither did I say anything nor did she...oh my ...is it love at first sight....or is it love near the restroom..what should I call it...and amid all this..could hear people talking to each other and from one corner of my eye I could see that we were actually being surrounded by people and as if they were trying to ask us what happened। Then we started saying sorry to each other, both at the same time. then she smiled and I smiled too..and then she said sorry again...and me too again..oh my goodness what is this happening..is something working out..could not believe what was happening....and we both were like staring at each other ..again and not knowing what to do next....but yes we finally departed.
And if you folks are wondering, who that girl is...not that she is popular and you guys know her...but it is easy to guess. She is air hostess. You guys know how beautiful these air hostess are indeed. Anyway, I was back to what I was doing before this. Watching movie. Did I say couple of things happened?...now I do not remember the second one!! And I watched 3 or 4 more movies, all new ones, recently released in the theater. I spent my time drinking juices and water and eating some fruits. And of course staring at that lady whenever a get chance comes my way. I could not find her when we were leaving the flight. Normally as you all know, the flight crew would wait at the door and say goodbye to the passengers.I saw her waiting at the door. But the time I reached there, she is gone.Where is this lady?The game has not ended, I thought. Finally landed in the US of A. It was very cold when we stepped outside the airport. Got the first feeling of the US air. It was no different. I was not feeling anything at all...not that I have to feel some thing...but just thought I will have some strange feeling. The only feeling I had is of a alien feeling. There ends my ordeal. Catch u again with more STORIES..!!
I should say it all started in Hyderabad on November 8, 2008. That was the first time in my life that I would be staying away from home(read parents). Did I sound like a school kid when I said that. Point is I never had to(had the need or chance) stay out for more than 45 days(once when I went to Trivandrum(ILP), second when I went to Bhopal(my first on site)). Anyway, this on site thing sounded quite exciting, just for me.Everybody else in my home is like...oh boy!..this guy is going to US..which is on other side of the globe...n for two years. They were all like, is it really required or has this guy cooked up something by himself even when there was no real good need.I answered in the affirmative (not to the cooked up story but to the former one). So I had to take a Emirates flight via Dubai(Emirates is head quartered in Dubai) to LAX(Los Angeles airport) ,a fatiguing 28 hrs air travel. But that was quite an experience.
Why?Boy..the take off it self was very arrhythmic. Everyone in the flight gave a squall. I was holding the hand of a lady who was had a bead thread and praying( has she got anything to do with this). And believe me she was wearing a kind of dress, she looked like a Jew or Farsi or she could even be a Muslim and after noticing this, i stopped breathing for while. Do not ask me. I quickly recouped, said sorry and begged for her pardon, all the while i forgot about the actual problem and i was in the air in no time. That was just only a intromission to my plight in the flight. I was just settling down, checking if all hair hostess are as per the expectations and standards set by the boys!! You know what I mean?But out of total five 2 were men(of course not air 'hostess') and 3 women. Only one of these gals happened to be really good looking. Naturally ,So the competition was tough. How can I say that? I could sense it. Saw a man cracking some empty-headed jokes with her. Never mind!! Wait for you chance!!I told myself. Nothing much happened in the flight to Dubai as it was a short duration. I just browsed through few catalogs and ad books that are usually given for free to the customers. First halt was Dubai airport.
I can say,without any second thought that Dubai is one of the busiest and biggest airports in Asia-Africa region. It could even be a school boyish comment. i do not know. What an airport it was, awe-inspiring. We had to walk for 30 minutes on a single straight strip. This was after traveling for 10 minutes in a bus with in the airport from terminal to terminal. Boarding gates kept coming ..coming...and were just coming. I saw KL and Singapore airports before and of course LA, but I guess this is much bigger than those..I mean i just guess. I am not really sure. Roughly we had around 45 minutes with us to board the flight. We were in the waiting lounge and a Bangladeshi family happened to sit beside me. They had a sweet looking boy with them. I said Hi to him. He extended his hand in reciprocation. I was thinking, oh this little kid already learned so much, how to make new friends. But he should also have learn t that, it is bad manners to put your chocolate on others hands and dress. OK he is just a KID. The kid's parents wanted to go to the restroom, both at a time, as if that was part of a pre nuptial deal they had,that they both go to the restroom at same time. So they asked me to see his boy until they come back. I said, no problem. They said are you sure. I said, relax guys I am good with kids. They gave a happy looking smile.
It all started again.The Game. The kid went to a tree tub n started pissing in the tub. Holy shit what is he doing. I went running to the kid and pulled him off. He was still pissing...now at me. What kind of a boy is he??...I quickly put his thing inside and was screaming at him for what he did. The boy started crying so loudly that entire lobby was staring at me with a strange look on their face. U know what..the parents have not returned yet. What are they doing inside..did they both go to the same toilet to have some fun or what..what the hell...I did not know what to do with this kid. Now i started saying all pleasing words in the world to him. I was wiping his eyes off water and when i was doing this he took my glasses and ran away. What the fuck, now...i started running behind the kid and i lost site of the kid as i could not really see well. I started worrying now. what should i tell the kid's parents.Oh my god..and luckily the couple is back, with his kid! My day is saved. They were asking me, "did my kid give you any trouble?". I said, do not ask me, and they left smiling. Is somebody playing a game with me today?I hope not.
I was already tired। Had to rush to board the flight to LA। I was the last to board. Traveling long distance in air is not so exciting after all(particularly for a first timer). I saw a satellite phone and thought, Emirates has so many good services, they even give free phone service. Then I read the instructions and it is a pay and use. Okay then I thought it would be a nominal charge and made a 5 minutes call to home saying that I boarded flight safely and would call them after reaching LA.But after checking the bill, it was whooping 1500 Indian rupees. Ya I know it is my mistake. I should have asked them. Anyway, just when I was thinking what to do next, saw a screen in front me, mounted to the back of the seat in the row before me.They had satellite radio and some other in house entertainment options(No they do not have massage parlors and all that. By entertainment I meant just things like movies,). I selected a movie called "Ironman" from the list. Watching that fell asleep and woke up to a loud thunder and saw people running hurriedly in the plane and few were screaming. I was thinking, if the Game has already began. I was kool because (I) thought ॥ knew somebody was playing pranks with me. But then others would not be part of it right!॥oh then I started thinking, what to do next. Then a announcement was made that nothing to panic, they have some trouble with the right wing of the plane and it is a mechanical problem and they would fix it soon. What will they fix, their ba***. Babies were crying, not knowing that even their moms were doing the same and fathers had no clue what to do next. But anyway, I had nothing to do. In fact I did not know what to do, as if I am aware of it. But then the game has stopped. The flight is back to normalcy. I guess there were secret cameras all over the plane and somebody was watching me. As I did not panic, may be they stopped messing around.
I remember a rummy incident happening with me in the flight। I had to go to restroom॥not to take rest but to wee wee and u know for the big one॥we were just crossing continents and do not know when it was day and when it was night॥so could not bear it for long। Honestly, I did not know how to use this toilet for 'that' purpose...i mean it was my first time। So was using this bathroom for little longer than expected trying to figure out how to make best and proper use of it॥u know what i mean..and in the mean while..somebody was knocking on the door...and i was like not yet finished with my thing..and when I finally stepped out, to my surprise it was a girl..just staring at me..without saying anything..just stood there like that and neither did I say anything nor did she...oh my ...is it love at first sight....or is it love near the restroom..what should I call it...and amid all this..could hear people talking to each other and from one corner of my eye I could see that we were actually being surrounded by people and as if they were trying to ask us what happened। Then we started saying sorry to each other, both at the same time. then she smiled and I smiled too..and then she said sorry again...and me too again..oh my goodness what is this happening..is something working out..could not believe what was happening....and we both were like staring at each other ..again and not knowing what to do next....but yes we finally departed.
And if you folks are wondering, who that girl is...not that she is popular and you guys know her...but it is easy to guess. She is air hostess. You guys know how beautiful these air hostess are indeed. Anyway, I was back to what I was doing before this. Watching movie. Did I say couple of things happened?...now I do not remember the second one!! And I watched 3 or 4 more movies, all new ones, recently released in the theater. I spent my time drinking juices and water and eating some fruits. And of course staring at that lady whenever a get chance comes my way. I could not find her when we were leaving the flight. Normally as you all know, the flight crew would wait at the door and say goodbye to the passengers.I saw her waiting at the door. But the time I reached there, she is gone.Where is this lady?The game has not ended, I thought. Finally landed in the US of A. It was very cold when we stepped outside the airport. Got the first feeling of the US air. It was no different. I was not feeling anything at all...not that I have to feel some thing...but just thought I will have some strange feeling. The only feeling I had is of a alien feeling. There ends my ordeal. Catch u again with more STORIES..!!
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